clothing art the visual culture of fashion 1600 1914

This is the first book to explore in depth the fascinating points of contact between art and clothing, and in doing so it constructs a new and innovative history of dress in which the artist plays a central role. Artists have documented the ever-evolving trends in fashion, popularized certain styles of dress, and at times even designed fashions.

An entirely new way of looking at the history of fashion through the eyes of artists There have always been important links between art and clothing. Sumptuously illustrated, Clothing Art also delves into the ways in which artists represent the clothes they depict in their work, approaches which range from photographic detail, through varying degrees of imaginative reality, to generalized drapery.Book Description Hardcover. Her narrative encompasses such themes as the ways in which clothing has helped to define the nation state how masquerade and dressing up were key subjects in art and life and how, while many artists found increasing inspiration in high fashion, others became involved in designing 'artistic' and reform dress. Aileen Ribeiro provides an illuminating account of the relationship between artists and clothing from the 17th century, when a more complex and sophisticated attitude to dress first appeared, to the early 20th century, when the boundaries between art and fashion became more fluid: haute couture could be seen as art, and art used textiles and clothes in highly imaginative ways.

ContentsĪn entirely new way of looking at the history of fashion through the eyes of artists There have always been important links between art and clothing. Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 532-556) and index.

Clothing art the visual culture of fashion 1600 1914